SAN ANTONIO, TX, United States (UPI) -- A Texas elementary school has been invaded by brown recluse spiders, a species that inflicts a sometimes deadly bite.Staff members at the Highland Forest Elementary School in San Antonio first spotted the spiders this week, the San Antonio Express News reported. Children were moved out of classrooms where […]
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US: Dangerous spiders found at school
US: Students asked to teach the teachers ... video games
When the principal of Blair Elementary School needed someone to instruct teachers in the use of PlayStations, she turned to the experts -- the students.The school purchased 23 PlayStations last month to use with educational games for third- through fifth-graders.But not all the teachers took to the video games -- one became so flustered that […]
India: 4 young people playing cricket shot dead by security forces
If you're playing cricket in a field, don't talk to security guys and then run away - they might just shoot you and all your friends.---Four youth were allegedly killed by security forces in north Kashmir this afternoon, official sources said.However, a defence ministry spokesman said details about the incident were awaited.The sources said some […]
Living in the Moment
So, you want to be educated? Then why aren't you educating yourselves? Why do I need to threaten you with a grade in order to get you to want to know about these things, to be able to do what I'm trying to teach you to do? Where is your interest in getting good at […]
US: No Child Left Un-recruited
Establishing an 'opt-in' military recruitment policy in schools is the only way to prevent students from unknowingly releasing their private information to the army.The U.S. Army isn't exactly recruiting me and I wouldn't say that I spend time thinking of ways to avoid their courtship (despite the fact that we all know they're in dire […]
The United States Is Reclassifying Public Documents
Through a secret program headed by the National Archives, several intelligence agencies are classifying documents which were previously declassified. More than 55,000 pages have been reclassified in the seven year program. The program was intended to protect sensitive information which was declassified in haste following the 1995 declassification act signed by President Bill Clinton. However, […]
It Does Worth A Thought: That madness of Convent pupils must be checked
By Theophilus S GbendaFeb 20, 2006, 12:35The issue of student misconduct is one that is poised to reach an alarming stage if frantic efforts are not immediately made by the ministry responsible to put a decisive stop to it.It is no longer a secret that in this post conflict situation of ours, one of the […]
Student reacts to Pewaukee High School Internet rules
PEWAUKEE - One Pewaukee High School student is questioning whether district officials have the right to discipline students for actions they commit off school grounds.Pewaukee High School Principal Martin VanHulle told students over the loud speaker Tuesday that students can be punished for inappropriate postings toward staff, students or the school on Web sites like […]
teacher commits suicide in back of classroom
YORK COUNTY, Pa. -- A group of students found a teacher's body at West York High School this morning.About 10 students and a substitute teacher were entering their first-period class this morning around 8:30 when they found the teacher's body lying in the back of the classroom, officials said.Officials have not released the identity of […]
Youth with toy gun' says ёdon't ignore the poor'
PATNA, Feb. 16. - A youth armed with a toy pistol intruded into the bungalow of a senior Bihar minister claiming that he broke in to tell him that the poor should not be ignored.The 22-year-old masked youth, who identified himself as Balbir, entered the residence of Building Construction and Housing minister Monazir Hasan by […]
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